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The Silly Method - Hoai Chung (Edition 1)
The Silly Method - Hoai Chung (Edition 1)
acquit
AC.QUI.t
c c... n QU xung xin ...
"tha ti" n!
(v) forgive
ambivalent
AM.BI.VA.lent
ang c m m t
nhin B V th tht l...
"bi ri"
(adj): confused
ambrosial
AM.b.RO.sial
m nh bi mn c R v
n... "ngon"
(Adj) tasty
apocryphal
A.PO.CRY.PHA.L
Anh Po Ph m ri khc
lc (Cry)... "khng tht" t
no!
(Adj) false
audacity
AUDA.CITY
V CITY m ton u th
phi tht l ... "Dng cm"
(n) boldness
augment
AU.g.MEN.t
Men c Vng (Au) mi...
"tin ln" c!
(V) increase
bacchanalian
BAC.CHAN.a.LI.AN
Bc Chn n nn lm my
Li, th l b ... "say" khng
nh
(Adj) drunk
bamboozle
BAM.BOO.zle
V Bm B gi nn phi
gi to
(v) act hypocritical
belligerent ,
bellicose
BELLI.gerent, BELLI.cose
Bng (Belly) i cng
d ... "Ni in" lun!
(Adj) aggressive
(Bell = war in Latin)
cadaver
CA.DA.VE.r
C V tri tc l...
"Cht"
(N) dead body
capitulate
CAP.i.TU.LA.TE
Cho v T Cp t m n
l T xu ... "u hng" v
iu kin
(V) surrender
capricious
CAP.RI.cious
g Ri phi CP t m n
nn ... "tnh kh tht
thng"
(Adj) easily changed
chicanery
claptrap
compendium
COM.PEN.DI.um
B Cm i tm tht nhiu
bt (PEN) su tp
(n): collection
consternation
CON.s.TE.r.NATION
Con m T Nc ra NH
th b... "lo s" cht!
(N) dismay, alarm
conundrum
CO.NUN.DRUM
C NUN m nh drum th
l vn kh.
(n) difficult problem
debacle
DE.BAC.le
Chi s v c BC th ...
"Tht bi hon ton"
(N) complete failure
debauchery
DE.BA.U.CHE.ry
Ba b U i ru CH th
s rt l ... "Lon lc"
(n) corrupt lifestyle
despondent
DE.s.POND.ent
C chuyn g m phi
xung h (POND) l. "tuyt
vng" ri!
(adj) hopeless
dichotomy
DI.CHO.TO.MY
Phi "chia"... thi gian gia
vic i Ch v nu T M
(n) division
dilapidated
DI.LA.pi.DA.TE.d
i La c b Te Tua n
ni... "tn t" nh th ny
y
(Adj) damaged
dudgeon
ephemeral
e.PHE.ME.ral
C p PH v gy M
cng... "ngn ngi" thi
(Adj) short-lived
epiphany
EP.i.PHA.ny
Sc p ln gip ng
"khm PH"
(N) realization
ersatz
er.SAT.z
Ci t ny ra v tinh vi ch
u phi t SAT, n ch l
bt chc thi
(n): imitation
esoteric
E.SO.TE.ric
iu lm Em S T xu l
iu ... "Hi no"
(Adj) hard to understand
by many
evanescent
EVA.ne.SCENT
Mi hng (scent) ca Eva
ch ..."thong qua"
(Adj) short-lived
exonerate
e.XO.NE.RA.te
X N Ra c "tha"
(V) forgive
exuberant
e.XU.BE.rant
Cho B ng Xu l ... "vui
i l vui"
(Adj) very happy
fastidious
FA.sti.DI.O.us
Va FA va i nh ngi
ta nn phi ht sc... "cn
thn"
(Adj) very careful
fulmination
FU.L.MI.nation
B F m n chi Mi
nt nh
(n) verbal attack
gaucherie
GAU.CHE.rie
Rng CHE y vic c GU
nhng khng c nn ..
"Xu h"
(Adj) awkward
harbinger
HA.r.BI.n.GE.r
H sp B d GH cho mt
trn... "im bo" ca mt
ngy ti t
(N) foreshadow
histrionic
HI.s.TRI.O.nic
Ngy cung H m c du b
Tr la tht ... kch tnh
(Adj) dramatic
idiosyncratic
i.DI.OSYN.c.RA.TI.c
i lm Osin m kim Ra
tin T th tht ... "khc
ngi": k l kiu Gaga
(Adj) strange (particular to
a person)
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Imbroglio
IM.BRO.glio
Cc Bro c Im lng
l tnh th ri rm
(n) confusing situation
imperious
IM.PE.ri.O.us
P ny Im ru kh chung
nn mi ngi ngh n...
"Chnh"
(Adj) arrogant
inimical
Inimical
Inimi --> Enemy
(Adj) hostile
jackleg
JAC.k.LEG
B Trc chn th
khng train c
adj (untrained)
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jejune
JE.JUNE
je = tr, june = trung
(adj) immature
lambaste
licentious
LI.CEN.TI.ous
Thng T m lm my Li
my Chn (cen) l tr nn
... "i tru" lm
(Adj) corrupt
lugubrious
LU.GU.b.RIO.us
Rio va L va G nn ...
"su thm"
(adj): very sad
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melancholy
ME.LAN.CHO.LY
M Lan v Ch chia Ly
nn bun
(adj) sad
mendacious
MEN.DA.cious
Loi Men ng b l loi
n ng... "la o"
(Adj) lying
metamorphosis
ME.TA.MO.r.PHO.sis
M Ta M qun Ph l...
"i i"
(n) transformation
meticulous
ME.TI.CU.LOus
M CU T hay LO nn..
CN THN
(adj) careful
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mordacious
MO.r.DAC.ious
Bn M trng acid C l
tay s b ... "n nt"
(adj) biting (tone)
nugatory
Nu.GATO.tory
Gato cng chng
c gi tr g
(adj) valueless
obfuscate
O.b.FU.s.CAT.e
O b con mo (CAT) co
ph (FU) mt nn... "m
mt" tri t
(V) make unclear
opacity
OPA.CITY
City g m ch c Oppa vi
nhau th c 1 ... s "m o"
nh
(n) obscurity of meaning
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palliative
PA.L.LIA.TI.VE
Papa xa LA ri T mi dm
V ... "nh lng"
(Adj) soothing
parochial
PA.RO.CHI.al
B nhn khng R nn Ch
dn rt l... "hn ch"
(Adj) narrow-minded
peccadillos
PE.c.CA.DI.llos
P hay i la c
l tt xu
(n) bad habit
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perfidious
PE.r.FI.DI.O.us
P Phi (fi) nga i ni
khc nn b gi l..."Phn
bi"
(Adj) betraying
petulant
PE.TU.LA.nt
P i Tu m LA ... "Kh
chu"
(Adj) irritated
philistine
PHILI.s.TIN.e
Ci thng ch TIN nhng
th PHI L th ng l... "V
hc"
(Adj) anti-intellectual
phlegmatic
PH.LEG.MAT.ic
Ph Huynh (PH) dang chn
(LEG), Mt lm ra v ...
"thanh nin nghim tc"
(Adj) emotionless
pillory
PILL.O.ry
B ngoi ung ln thuc
(Pills) nn hay la ... "chi
ra"
(V) criticize
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polemical
PO.LEM.ical
Po v L LEM m i vi
nhau l ... "ci nhau"
(adj) quarrelsome
profligate
PRO.f.LI.GATE
Tng Pro nhng lm ci
Gate di bng vn L
trng thnh th hi ...
"Lng ph"
(Adj) wasteful
proselyte
prurient
17 | T H E S I L L Y M E T H O D
quotidian
QUO.TI.DI.AN
B Qu (ting min Trung
l la ry) nn T i n nh
l ... "Thng l"
(Adj) routinely
rebarbative
RE.BAR.BA.TI.VE
Con R i Bar vi Ba v
mt T V l ... "kh chu"
(adj) unpleasant
recalcitrant
RE.CALCI.trant
R m bng Calcium th ...
"Cng" (u)
(Adj) stubborn
refractory
RE.f.RAC.TO.ry
Con R m bt qut RC
nh y T l... "phn
khng"
(Adj) disobedient, resistant
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repugnant
REP.U.g.NAN.t
Rp Nn tht l... "Kh
a" qu!
(Adj) offensive
ribald
RI.BALD
G Ri b hi (bald) v hay
suy ngh... "i tru"
RE.PRO.BA.te
Thng R n PRO trong
nhng vic by B, nn
cng ..."i tru"
scrupulous
sc.RU.PU.LO.us
Va RU va cho con B
va LO ngi ta d ngh...
nn phi "cn thn"
(Adj) careful
sepulchral
SEP.U.L.ch.RA.L
Sp cho RA th chc...
"cht" ri!
(Adj) related to death
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serendipity
SE.RE.n.DI.PITY
S v R s khng vui,
nhng c D thng
(PITY) nn thy cng...
"may mn"
(n) accidental luck
spate
SPA.TE
V SPA xong mi T xu l
tin... "Nhiu" qu!
(N) a large number
spectacular
s.PE.TA.CU.lar
P m C T c th
tht l... "ngon mc"
(adj): amazing
stalwart
s.TA.L.WAR.t
Ta v WAR th phi...
"Mnh m" ln!
(Adj) strong
20 | T H E S I L L Y M E T H O D
stygian
s.TY.GI.AN
Khng c T G n th
ng l en ti
(adj) dark
tenacity
TEN.a.CITY
City ny mun c TN
tui th phi tht... "quyt
tm"
(n) determination
therapeutic
THE.RA.peutic/ Therapy
TH li RA bc s ... "Cha
bnh" no!
(Adj,n) curative/ cure
truculent
TRU.CU.LEN.t
My C Ln Tr o l tao
... "Ni in" tao git
(Adj) aggressive
21 | T H E S I L L Y M E T H O D
vitriolic
VI.TRI.O.lic
V b bnh Tr nn la rt
l... kh chu
(adj) bitter (tone)
vituperative
VI.TU.PE.RA.TI.VE
P Vi mun TU nhng RA
i T li V nn cng rt l
... "kh chu"
(Adj) harsh (tone)
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GLOSSARY
1. acquit
2. ambivalent
3. ambrosial
4. apocryphal
5. audacity
6. augment
7. bacchanalian
8. bamboozle
9. belligerent , bellicose
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cadaver
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capitulate
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capricious
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chicanery
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claptrap
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compendium
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consternation
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conundrum
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debacle
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debauchery
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despondent
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dichotomy
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dilapidated
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dudgeon
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ephemeral
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epiphany
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ersatz
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esoteric
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evanescent
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exonerate
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exuberant
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fastidious
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fulmination
gaucherie
harbinger
histrionic
idiosyncratic
Imbroglio
imperious
inimical
jackleg
jejune
lambaste
licentious
lugubrious
melancholy
mendacious
metamorphosis
meticulous
mordacious
nugatory
obfuscate
opacity
palliative
parochial
peccadillos
perfidious
petulant
philistine
phlegmatic
pillory
polemical
profligate
proselyte
prurient
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quotidian
rebarbative
recalcitrant
refractory
repugnant
ribald
scrupulous
sepulchral
serendipity
spate
spectacular
stalwart
stygian
tenacity
therapeutic
truculent
vitriolic
vituperative